Technology
The glaring security risks with AI browser agents | TechCrunch
New AI-powered web browsers such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet are trying to unseat Google Chrome as the front door to the internet for billions of users. A key selling point of these products are their web...
Technology
Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web
The cloud giant Amazon Web Services experienced DNS resolution issues on Monday leading to cascading outages that took down wide swaths of the web. Monday’s meltdown illustrated the world’s fundamental reliance on so-called hyperscalers like AWS and the challenges...
Technology
How to use the new ChatGPT app integrations, including Spotify, Figma, Canva, and others | TechCrunch
OpenAI recently launched new app integrations in ChatGPT to allow you to connect your accounts directly to ChatGPT and ask the assistant to do things for you. For instance, with a Spotify integration, you can tell it to create...
Technology
Meet Destiny! A Human-size Humanoid Robot from Unitree
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for...
Innovation
Don’t Wait to Exit: Building a Business That Funds Your Retirement
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.Key Takeaways
Treat your business like an income engine, not a piggy bank
Separate personal wealth from business wealth
Build a sellable business, but don’t rely on selling
Think long-term, not just growthMost entrepreneurs dream of...
Innovation
Target to Cut 1,800 Corporate Jobs — First Layoffs Since 2015
Key Takeaways
Target is laying off 1,000 corporate employees next Tuesday and cutting 800 open roles.
Target’s incoming CEO, Michael Fiddelke, sent staff a memo on Thursday afternoon informing them of the upcoming layoffs.
An anonymous Target employee said workers were...
Innovation
Woman’s ‘Niche’ $4,000-a-Month Side Hustle Now in Home Depot
Key Takeaways
Kennedy works as a banker and sells her woodworking tool, the Morgan Square, on the side.
Here’s how the California-based entrepreneur grew her business and landed the product in major retailers.This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Channon...
Gadgets
Tech bosses could stop mobile phone theft, say MPs
Kate Whannelpolitical reporterGetty ImagesTech giants including Apple, Samsung and Google are not doing enough to stop mobile phone thefts, MPs on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee have said. In a letter to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, committee...
Technology
Unpicking the genetics of fibromyalgia sheds new light on its causes
We are starting to unpick the genetics of fibromyalgia, a poorly understood condition that causes chronic pain all over...
Technology
Teenager builds advanced robot hand entirely from Lego pieces
A robot hand built from Lego pieces by a 16-year-old and his father can grab and move objects, displaying...
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Typhoon Fung-wong kills at least 6 in Philippines, continues on path toward Taiwan
Manila, Philippines — Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off...